Reed Garrett was born January 2nd, 1993, in Henrico Virginia. The six foot two, right hander attended high school at historic Richmond. . Military School: Reed then attended the Virginia Military Institute, which is the oldest public military college in the US. There he pitched for the Keydets baseball team getting drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 16th round (486th pick overall) of the 2014 draft.
Reed spent 2014 & 2015 at the ball level reaching AAA Round Rock for one game the following year. He spent the next two seasons in the AA Texas League & the AAA Pacific Coast League.
In 2019 he was drafted (Rule V) away by the Detroit Tigers. He was invited to Spring Training & made the roster north.MLB Career: On March 29th he debuted pitching a scoreless inning of relief in a 6-0 loss at Toronto. On April 1st, he pitched in New York & struck out two batters in 1.1 innings of work. He made 13 appearances giving up 15 earned runs with a 8.22 ERA before being sent back to the minors.He was sent back to the Texas Rangers finishing the year at AAA Nashville going 1-3.
Nippon Professional Baseball: Garrett spent the next two years pitching as a reliever in Japan for the Saitama Seibu Lions going a combined 7-5 with a 3.45 ERA. Reed was homesick in Japan, due to his schedule then Covid he didn't see his wife or newborn son for nine months until finally returning home.
In 2022 he returned to MLB appearing in seven games for the Washington Nationals. He was granted free agency & signed with the Baltimore Orioles. He began the year at AAA Norfolk & went 5-1 with a 1.00 ERA which was good enough to have him promoted to the big-league staff.He was brought up to the first place Orioles in mid-June & pitched in just two games. On June 16th he gave up three runs in 1.2 innings of work to the Cubs at Wrigley Field in a 7-6 loss. He was placed on waivers & picked up by the New York Mets.
Mets Career: Reed appeared in 12 games for the AAA Syracuse Chiefs posting a 5.68 ERA but was still brought up to the Mets staff in late July.
On July 29th, the 30-year-old Reed made his Mets debut pitching 2.2 scoreless innings in an 11-6 loss to the Nationals.
On August 4th he returned to face his old teammates in Baltimore in the 6th inning of a 10-3 loss. The O's knocked him around for four runs on three hits. His next outing was worse, he gave up six runs to the Braves in just 2.1 innings of a 21-3 debacle.
Reed made five more appearances on the year & pitched better. In seven innings of work, he gave up just one run, struck out five & walked one.
First Victory: On September 30th he earned his first career win coming against the Phillies in a 11-4 win at Citi Field. He entered the game with the Mets ahead 11-4 in the 6th inning, then pitched three scoreless innings giving up just one hit & striking out four.
2024 Mets Wild Card Season: Reed started out the season at AAA but was soon called up when Tylor Megill wet down. He started out the year with a fantastic April. On April 4th, he began by earning a win finishing off a 2-1 win over the Tigers, pitching three scoreless innings.
On April 16th, he earned win #2, with two scoreless at Citi Field over the Pirates. On April 19th in
Los Angeles, he earned his third win then the next game notched his first save, as the Mets took of three from the Dodgers. By May 1st, Garrett was 5-0 with a 0.54 ERA. He struck out 28 batters in 15.2 innings issuing seven walks.
On May 22nd, he earned his first loss, coming in Cleveland. On May 24th, he had his worst outing of the year, coming during the Mets worst stretch of the season, where they lost 15 of 18. In the 8th inning he served up five runs to the Giants including a grand slam HR to Patrick Bailey, taking his second straight loss.
Things got bad for Garrett from there on, thru July 9th, he would give up 14 earned runs in 16 innings, posting a 7.88 ERA in 18 games over that time. He still put up two more wins & wo more saves. He was sent down to AAA Syracuse to fine tune things.
Garrett returned on August 10th & found himself on a team that was playing the best baseball in the league since he'd been gone. At first, he picked up where he left off, On August 15th, he gave up two 6th inning runs to Oakland & took his fourth loss (7-4). On August 18th, he issued three walks to the Marlins, before being removed & Phil Maton gave up a base hit as Reed took the 3-2 loss.
From August 27th to September 21st, Reed pitched 10.2 scoreless innings over 12 games as the Mets battled for a playoff spot. On September 16th, pitched a scoreless 10th inning at Citi Field & earned the victory when Starling Marte hit a walk off single to beat the Nationals. In the big four game series with the Phillies he pitched parts of two of the three wins.
On September 28th in Milwaukee, in his last appearance of the regular season, he was roughed up for four runs, three hits & two walks in the 6-0 Mets loss.
On the season, Reed was 8-5 with four saves, posting a 3.77 ERA. He also posted 14 holds (second to Adam Ottovino) struck out 83 & walked 30 in 57 innings in 53 appearances, finishing off 13 games.
2024 Post Season- NLWC: In the NLWC series win over the Brewers he pitched one scoreless inning in the Game #2 loss.
2024 NLDS: In the NLDS win over the Phillies he made two appearances. In Game #1 Garrett pitched two scoreless innings, striking out one & holding the Phillies hitless. He was the winning pitcher of record, as the Mets put up five runs in the 8th inning.
In Game #4 he came on in the 6th inning, with the Mets down 1-0 again & Bryce Harper on
second base. He struck out Nick Castellanos then walked Alec Bohm then struck out Bryson Scott before being relieved. The Mets went on to win the game & clinch the series.
Career Stats: In his career he is 9-6 with 4 saves, a 5.22 ERA, 115 strike outs & 58 walks in 101.2 innings in 84 appearances.
Family: Reed & his wife Lucy have two children.
On July 29th, the 30-year-old Reed made his Mets debut pitching 2.2 scoreless innings in an 11-6 loss to the Nationals. 
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